The Citizen Journalist’s Guide to Open Government
February 4th, 2009I would have preferred “Journalism Students Take Historic Reporting Trip”
January 25th, 2009
… instead of the above headline from the recent issue of the Hunter Alumni magazine article about Kisha Allison, Jonathan Mena and Jacqueline Fernandez at the Democratic National Convention. Why?
From Around the World They Came
January 20th, 2009By Senior Editor/Producer Jonathan Mena
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I interviewed people from Ethiopia, Cambodia, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Sardinia, India … Milwaukee !!!
Inauguration Update: Must See Video
January 20th, 2009By Senior Producer/Editor Jacqueline Fernandez (With Technical Assistance from Jonathan Mena)
Today (Monday, January 19) — Jonathan Mena and I got a call from our colleague Luis Mostacero that there might be a chance for us to get press credentials to attend the Inauguration of Barack Obama. The challenged: Jonathan and I had to dash through congested, convoluted Washington D.C. traffic to make it to the Russell Senate Office Building in 30 minutes– or else!
Picture below by Jacqueline Fernandez
“Sent from my BlackBerry®Smartphone with SprintSpeed”
January 20th, 2009By Senior Editor/Producer Jacqueline Fernandez.
At the Inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama
I arrived at the Capitol by 5 a.m. and I was already late. My cab dropped me off on 7th Street, the public entrance, and it was sheer pandamonium. Someone in the crowd yelled, “This is like Walmart on black Friday.” Obviously, a reference to the November 28 fatal death of a Long Island Wal-Mart trainee trampled in a surge by thousands of customers stampeding for sales.
People of all ages and colors were pushing each other and shoving their way through trying to get close to the gate here at 7th. Â In a crowded lane four-width people apart, it was heartbreaking to see an elderly black woman in a wheelchair get pushed around, especially when she was decked out in her finest Obama gear.
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The WORD at the 2009 Inauguration – Update: Luis Mostacero, Jacqueline Fernandez and Jonathan Mena Have Press Credentials
January 20th, 2009Luis made it happen.
Inauguration Breaking News from Senior Editor/Producer Jonathan Mena
January 18th, 2009Washington D.C. – Roads and bridges leading to the Lincoln Memorial have been closed off to car traffic. Military Police along with D.C. enforcement have blocked cars but are allowing pedestrians to make the almost three-block trek to the memorial.
Jonathan Mena.
The WORD at the 2009 Swearing-in of President-Elect Barack Obama
January 18th, 2009Luis Mostacero, Jacqueline Fernandez and Jonathan Mena are heading to the Presidential Inauguration TODAY to make sure they’re in D.C. to engage this historic moment before the anticipated humungous surge inspires The Powers That Be to cut off transportation into the city. A sudden emergency is keeping Kisha Allison from going.
Mostacero has press credentials via his Noticia Hispanoamericana – but also will be writing for the WORD.
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Luis Mostacero’s First Inauguration Article
January 18th, 2009Click here for the first, but there will be more, Spanish and English. Mostacero, Jonathan Mena and Jacqueline Fernandez are leaving for D.C. Sunday, the 18th. A sudden emergency is keeping Kisha Allison from going.
December 27-January 18: Thousands Dead, Thousands More Suffering
February 6th, 2009By Ariel Tirosh
Israel began its military offensive against Hamas December 27, and the war ended January 18, 2009 with what is being called an unilateral ceasefire. I was in Israel for a large part of the conflict. During that period, both sides claimed the moral high ground. There have been countless arguments about whether Hamas is a terrorist group, whether Israel’s response to the rocket fire was disproportionate, if Israel was and is oppressive and who is really at fault.
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